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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state do Natali and Bernard live?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) New York.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. What is revealed to be the truth about Doctor Roberts's request for the author to see a neurologist?
(a) The doctor was minimizing.
(b) The doctor was exaggerating.
(c) The doctor was pulling a prank.
(d) The doctor was a figment of the author's imagination.

3. For whom is the author waiting at the start of Part Two: The Golden Vanity, which is composed of a short story written by the fictional unnamed narrator?
(a) An attorney.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A student.
(d) A librarian.

4. In what year of college was the unnamed narrator enrolled when he met Alex?
(a) Junior.
(b) Senior.
(c) Sophomore.
(d) Freshman.

5. Of how many square feet is the author's third floor apartment composed?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 600.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people in total have drinks together on the occasion when the author and Hannah first meet?

2. How many months before the agent and the narrator's fancy dinner in Chelsea did the agent tell him she thought he could 'get a strong six-figure' advance based on a story" (3) he had written for the New Yorker?

3. What body of water do Liza and the author reach just before the author says he has decided to opt for local anesthesia?

4. At what type of school had the author been teaching before taking his leave of absence?

5. Liza laughingly compares the author to which historical figure once he announces that he will opt for local anesthesia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main difference between the unnamed narrator of 10:04 and the character in the unnamed narrator's novel he calls "the author" (61)?

2. Explain the art installation Alex and the unnamed narrator attend in Part One.

3. Who is Alena?

4. How does Lerner demonstrate the closeness that exists between the unnamed narrator and his best friend Alex?

5. What event does the author recall at the end of the story "The Golden Vanity," causing him to conclude that the event had never happened?

6. What major decision does the unnamed narrator make when he first attends a showing of The Clock?

7. For what reason is the author so conflicted about the choice "between twilight sedation and local anesthesia" (62)?

8. What event have the unnamed narrator and his agent just been celebrating when the novel opens, and why is the occasion bittersweet for the unnamed narrator?

9. Name and discuss one theme presented within 10:04's epigraph.

10. Discuss an instance when Lerner uses a simile to provide a vivid image of the setting in "The Golden Vanity."

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